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天南地北

tiān nán dì běi

4-character word

What 天南地北 means

1. idiomfar apart
2. idiomfrom different places; from all over
3. idiom(to talk) about this and that

The characters in 天南地北

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 南nánsouth
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated

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